Voiceless Ambassador, Abbie Cornish, with her canine companion Cherry
"These are sentient begins that feel, that think, that have family dynamics...We live in a world where we have the ability to look after that and nurture that." Abbie Cornish, Triple J, 16 August 2011, read more
"I've been a vegetarian since I was 13 and I grew up in the country so...animals that don't have a voice and giving them a voice is really important to me." Abbie Cornish, 2010, read more
"I hope we can come together to bring about change and eventually abolish the unnecessary suffering of these sentient beings." Abbie Cornish, 04 August 2009, read more
We have been extremely busy in Animal Club! Read Josh's story below about our conga line of busy beavers! Hopefully we will have the koala heat packs ready for sale early in term 3. The children in Animal Club will be selling them individually and they will also be on sale at school assembly. Hopefully we will sell many of our lovely bags because all of the money we raise will go to the Australian Koala foundation. I will keep you posted… I’d also like to say a MASSIVE thank you to the following people, because without them Animal Club would not be involved in this wonderful initiative: Jaqui, Lily, Kim, Danielle & Stephen. (written by our Animal Club Leader, Lashay)
Heat bag konga line
We have been making koala heat bags. At the start of our activity, half our club members were shown how to make them by some of our parents. Then the other half joined in to make them too. We also had to open all the green fuzzy bags with pictures of koalas on them (this is what the heat bags go inside.) Then when we were finished, we had made heaps of heat bags and now all we have to do is sew the inside of the heat bags together and put them in the koala bags. (Written by Animal Club student, Josh)
Holland Park State Primary School - 9th May 2008
THE ALL MOTHER’S COUNT RALLY
Pre-event:
The students made posters and put them around the school.
We practiced singing our original Sows Are Mothers too song
There was a story in the local paper promoting their campaign on the morning of the Rally
On the day: 200 – 250 people turned up!
102 mums registered!! – We did not get a Guinness Record BUT we did get a lot of media attention for the issue!!
Mr Rudd – PM - was invited – he couldn’t come, but he wrote us a letter of congratulations
Mr Fenlon - MLA - came and then gave a speech about our work in parliament.
You can read it at:
All sorts of people turned up from all walks of life: ex piggery workers to ssientists to writers to RSPCA – young and old and in between- mums AND dads!…from all over Brisbane – lots rang in from over Qld too!
The students were on radio singing our song “Sows Are Mothers Too”. – the Rally went live on 4BC. The Rally was reported in the papers – print and online and on TV.
Yuluma Primary School - 4th May 2008
Joshua holding his letter from the
Prime Minister
At the commencement of 2008 many of our Animal Club students wrote letters to important people about animal issues. Joshua, a Year 2 student, wrote a protest letter and drew a picture against Whaling to our Prime Minister, Mr Rudd.
Last week Joshua received a reply from the Prime Minister. Mr Rudd said he was glad to get Joshua’s letter, and he would try to help with the whaling.
Emanuel School - 1st May 2008
Emanuel’s Animal Club used part of funds raised last term to support Edgar’s Mission, a sanctuary for rescued farm animals at Willowmavin, Kilmore, Victoria.
The club members voted at a recent meeting to support the following animals and become “Best Buddies”:
Betty – an Isa Brown chicken: Betty arrived at Edgar’s Mission in Oct 2007, almost featherless and frightened, with a large wound on her side – she was a battery hen. She is now living a free life at Edgar’s Mission. Her feathers have all grown back now!
Tippi – a Murray Grey/Friesian cross heifer: Tippi was bought at a calf sale and is living a comfortable life at Edgar’s.
Georgia – a brown/black mare: probably an ex racehorse, bought by Edgar’s at a slaughter yard. Georgia was joined the day after her rescue at Edgar’s by a fellow horse from the slaughter yard that she was friends with.
Phantom – a Muscovy duck: found wandering at a park, dumped by previous owners.
Holland Park State Primary School - 30th April 2008
We Launched our official Guinness World Record attempt for the “Most mothers gathered in support of pigs” and began promoting our All Mothers Count Rally (and Guinness World Record attempt Rally).
